Host
FW
can
only
be
installed
using
the
Linux
operating
system.
If
Linux
is
not
installed
or
cannot
be
started,
then
no
upgrade
or
recovery
is
possible.
Call
your
IBM
support
representative.
Linux
needs
to
have
a
current
version
of
rtas_flash
device
driver
installed.
For
instructions
about
how
to
get
this
driver
and
how
to
install
it,
read
the
BladeCenter
QS20
SDK
Toolkit
Installation
and
Users
Guide
.
This
device
driver
offers
a
number
of
different
methods
for
installing
and
managing
a
system
flash
using
the
/proc
interface.
The
script,
update_flash
,
simplifies
the
procedure,
and
your
Linux
distributor
should
provide
you
with
this
script.
For
more
information,
see
the
BladeCenter
QS20
SDK
Toolkit
Installation
and
Users
Guide
.
Installin
g
the
f
irmware
manually
Where
older
versions
of
the
update_flash
script
exist
on
your
system
or
where
it
is
not
installed
you
can
use
rtas_flash
over
/proc
.
To
install
the
firmware,
do
the
following:
1
.
E
nsure
the
rtas-flash
driver
is
loaded.
To
do
this,
run
lsmod
.
2.
If
the
module
is
not
yet
in
the
kernel,
invoke
the
following
to
load
it:
modprobe
rtas_flash
3
.
To
update
your
current
firmware,
copy
the
image
file
to
/proc/ppc64/rtas/
flash_update
and
reboot
manually:
cp
<image-file>
/proc/ppc64/rtas/flash_update
shutdown
—r
now
Updatin
g
the
host
and
service
processor
ima
g
es
To
update
the
host
and
service
processor
images,
do
the
following:
1
.
Boot
the
operating
system
if
it
is
not
running
already.
2.
Update
the
host
firmware
image
as
described
in
the
section
above.
3
.
Restart
the
blade.
4.
Shut
down
the
blade.
5
.
Update
the
service
processor
firmware
using
the
Management
Module.
Updatin
g
the
host
f
irmware
on
PERM
To
update
an
old
image
on
P
E
RM
you
must
copy
the
T
E
MP
image
to
P
E
RM
side.
The
command
is:
echo
0
>
/proc/rtas/manage_flash
.
N
ote:
The
script
checks
whether
the
board
is
booted
from
the
T
E
MP
image.
If
not,
the
script
does
not
complete.
For
more
information,
see
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